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Heaven in a Snowbot

Edward Snowden has become a household name as the famous or infamous National Security Agency (NSA) document leaker and whistleblower. He notoriously outed the mass surveillance of ordinary American citizens and people around the world by the United States and

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Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History

The Orlando Nightclub Shooting of June 12, 2016

Annette and I extend our deepest sympathy to everyone affected by yesterday’s mass shooting at the Pulse LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida. We are heartbroken, sad, bewildered, and, yes, even angry over the slaughter of so many people due to

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Posted in Current Events

Does God Send Terror Attacks because of Bathroom Rights and Evolution?

Those Christian fundamentalists are at it again! This time it’s Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the famous evangelist Billy Graham. According to recent statements by Lotz, terror attacks such as 9/11 and the mass shooting in San Bernardino, CA, are

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Posted in All About God, Current Events

The Breakthrough Starshot Initiative & the Spiritual Aspirations of Atheists and Agnostics

Two atheists and a minimally observant Jew have recently teamed up on a $100 million research and development project aimed at designing a fleet of tiny spacecraft that would take only twenty years to reach the nearest stars and photograph

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Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History

Judge Verda Colvin Reads the Riot Act of Love to Troubled Teens

Bibb County, Georgia, Superior Court Judge Verda Colvin did not know she was being filmed as she read the riot act to a group of troubled young people as part of a “Consider the Consequences” program meant to show kids

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Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth

A Test for Religious Groups: How do they Treat Women?

Renee Rabinowitz, a retired lawyer whose family fled Nazi-occupied Belgium when she was a child, was settled into her aisle seat on an El Al flight from the U.S. to Israel, her adopted country, after visiting family members in New

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Posted in Current Events, Sex Marriage Relationships

Evil Is Real, and it Does Harm the Innocent

There’s a New Age myth floating around that evil is not real; that evil is just an illusion; that if anything evil happens to us, it’s either karma for evil we ourselves did in a past life, or it’s something

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Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering

Traffic Laws: Humans vs. Robots

Google is having some technical difficulties with its driverless cars. Or perhaps they’re having human difficulties? Okay, here’s the story: according to a University of Michigan study, self-driving cars are getting into twice as many accidents as human drivers. None

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Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History

What if the Quran were the Bible?

Islam is in the news these days—and mostly not in a good way. Unfortunately, the version of Islam that is grabbing the headlines is its violent, fundamentalist wing. The recent attacks by Muslim extremists in Paris and San Bernardino are

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Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed

Facebook vs. Reality

For a video reading of this article on YouTube, click here. The Happiness Research Institute recently published a study called “The Facebook Experiment.” Its question? “Does social media affect the quality of our lives?” For the study, they signed up

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Posted in Current Events, Popular Culture
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